When the turbulent first half of the 20th century came to a close, America emerged into a season of peace and prosperity. While enjoying the economic boom of the 1950s, Americans drifted away from Biblical practices and toward materialistic self-indulgence. Family life came to be seen in terms of personal fulfillment, temporal affluence, or conformity to popular trends. In some social circles, children became lifestyle accessories, status symbols, or temporary nuisances to be managed by the experts. In just two generations, American parents lost the knowledge of biblical and wise parenting in ways that have affected millions of children. But how can we recover the basic Biblical doctrines that can return joy to the home and blessing to the nation? Geoffrey Botkin compares the deepest weakness of the American Dream with the vibrancy of Biblical family life.